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UNITED STATES Frrcis.

ATENT \VILLIAM E. DOUBLEDAY, OF BAY RIDGE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO ELLEN M. DOUBLEDAY,

OF SAME PLACE.

MANUFACTURE OF FUR-FACED FABRICS.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 254,938, dated March 14, 1882.

Application filed November 1, 1881. (N specimens.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I,.WILLIAM E. DOUBLE- DAY, acitizen of the United States of America, residing at Bay Ridge, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Manufacturing Fur Faced Fabrics; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will IO enable others skilled in the art to which it appertaius to make and usethe same.

The object ofmy invention is to facilitate the production of fur bats and the subsequent sticking and scalding of the same to a previously 1 felted and sized hat-body in the manufacture of that class of hats which have a loose flowing nap of fur; and to this end the invention consists essentially in constructing a hat of a layer of fur and a superimposed layer of loose cotton applied to one si 'e thereof before the fur is removed from the reticulated surface upon which itis deposited.

In the carrying out of my invention I propose to use any ofthe well-known appliances for form- 2 ing bats of either wool or for, and which thereforeueednotbcdesoribed. In working such machinery I prefer to use an exhausted reticulated revolvingcone, and deposit thereon a thiulayer offurbymeansofanyofthe well-knownmeohano ism in common use for picking or blowingfur or wool toward or upon such cone. After a sufficient quantity of fur has been thus deposited upon the reticulated surface I propose to deposit an outer layer 'of cotton preferably by 5 the use of the same mechanism; and I usually,

in performing this part of the operation, distribute the .cotton to be deposited upon the feeding-apron immediately in rear of the fur which is first delivered to the cone. While the 0 cotton is being thus applied to the fur the current of air will ordinarily unite or interlace the fibers of cotton and fur with sufficicnt firmness to permit of the bat being removed from the cone; but ifdifficulty be found in removing the bat in this condition it may be wrapped with 5 a cloth in the usual manner. It will of course be understood that after the bat thus formed has been placed upon a hat-body, and has undergone the usual operations of sticking and scalding, the cotton is to be removed fromthe 5o flowing fur nap thus produced by the usual operation of beating up, or by the use of a brush or comb, or otherwise as may be found most convenient.

The hat,with its applied bat, may be wrapped in a cloth or a sheet of paper, or other equivalent, priorto the operation of sticking,iffound desirable.

I do not in this patent claim any invention except that specifically set forth in the claims hereto annexed, reserving to myself the right to claim all other patentable features shown or described in another application which I have filed as a division heretofore.

What I claim is-- 1. The herein-described process of forming a fur bat-that is to say, by first depcsiting a coating of fur upon a reticulated surface and subsequently depositing a coating of loose cotton upon the fur-substantially as set forth.

2. The herein-described fur bat, consisting of a layer of fur and a superimposed layer of loose cotton, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM E. DOUBLEDAY.

Witnesses:

JOHN J. Wmnsrnuna, FRIEND Prr'rs. 

